Deadpool

Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
Like Wolverine, Deadpool is a former subject of the Weapon X program, which turns humans into living weapons, currently working as a mercenary. Deadpool's primary power is an increased healing factor. This healing factor also renders him immune to psychic or telekinetic attacks, but it also has caused him to be psychotic and mentally unstable. He is one of the only Marvel superheroes to break the fourth wall to talk to the audience. He knows he's a fictional character and sometimes uses this to his own advantage.

More and more, Marvel’s aborted Deadpool series with Donald Glover seems like a missed opportunity. New writer insight suggests the animated project sought to be as madcap as Rick and Morty, with leaked test footage that corroborates as much.

The strange saga of Donald Glover and Marvel’s Deadpool got weirder as the writer-creator denied he was “too busy” for the project, and tweeted a full mock script. Now, Glover’s partner confirms references to a “Taylor Swift episode” were genuine, and a …

Disappointed though we were that FX and Donald Glover parted ways with a proposed Deadpool animated series, the creator is taking it in stride. Not only is Glover correcting notions that his schedule left him “too busy” for the show, but the Solo star even shares a first script ……